Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City I took with Jesse. This collection is a bit more random. Some are taken on Liberty Island. The rest are kind of random. I hope if you ever make it to New York City, you have as… Read More »NYC – Four
A few weeks back on a Town Sign Harvest road trip with Teresa, I took Rodan139 out for a flight and photographed the Great Pyramids of Iowa. They are located in a cemetery near the unincorporated town of Avery, Iowa. They were built in 1939 by an Egyptian pyramid fan,… Read More »Rodan139: Great Pyramids of Iowa
Here is another collection of flower pictures I took in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on July 7, 2021. There are many coneflower pictures in here. I love coneflowers, but find I’m in the minority on this position. Or at least next to never does anybody drop me… Read More »You’re So Good When You’re Bad
Here is the balance of images from my road trip with Jesse to harvest the town signs of Cerro Gordo and Worth County: Mason City Rock Falls Plymouth Grafton Legend has it this place has great chicken! Bolan Kensett Northwood Manly I love the part about the town of Bolan… Read More »Cerro Gordo and Worth County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
A few weeks back I made a solo trip to Kossuth County to harvest their town signs. Kossuth County is the largest county in Iowa covering 972 square miles. Pottawattamie County is second, covering 950 square miles. It was twice split into two counties with the northern section broke off… Read More »Town Sign Project: Kossuth County
BLUE didn’t give the BLUEs to too many people. Meaning more than a few people were able to get out of bed and find a reason to take a picture of something BLUE in their life. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation… Read More »WPC – WEEK 325 – BLUE
This year for our family Thanksgiving I wanted to attempt to make root beer. I had Glenn Peterson’s recipe in hand and I also fruitlessly pursued another recipe, but I’m not really sure how different root beer recipes can get. Glenn’s recipe was a little vague on a couple things,… Read More »Sneaky Snake Root Beer
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City with Jesse back in 2011. These pictures were all taken around the Statue of Liberty. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to… Read More »NYC – Three
Last Saturday, when Teresa and I were out harvesting town signs, I was hoping to finally hit the first destination on The Tenderloin Trail 2.0. Wood Iron Grille is one of the stops. So I planned for us to eat lunch there, when we hit the Oskaloosa area. Unfortunately, and… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Oskaloosa Field Work
Here is another collection of pictures I took of flowers in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 27, 2021. There are still plenty more flower pictures to come.
Yesterday I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. November really seemed to fly by, with the holiday and other commitments. I think there are some good pictures in here and somethings that I forgot even happened in November. Here are some of my favorites: November 1 November 2… Read More »Selfie Project – November
A few weeks back after the semi-annual Howard Family Photo Shoot, I tooled around Bremer County harvesting their town signs. Here are some facts about Bremer County: + The population is 24,998 making it the 26th most populous county in Iowa. Below Benton County and above Washington County. + The… Read More »Town Sign Project: Bremer County
NATURE photography turned out to be in the NATURE of several people. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Kim Barker Teresa Kahler Elizabeth Nordeen Tamara Peterson Michelle Haupt Christopher D. Bennett Shannon Bardole-Foley… Read More »WPC – WEEK 324 – NATURE
Once again, this year my church hosted a free Thanksgiving meal for the community. Once again, due to the pandemic it was carryout only. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day: You can look at all the images by clicking on the link below. They haven’t been… Read More »Boone FUMC Community Thanksgiving – 2021
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City with Jesse back in 2011. Most of these pictures are taken around Ellis Island, but some are taken where all the white collar criminals hang out. It was scary hanging out in such a bad neighborhood, but… Read More »NYC – Two
I guess I should start by wishing everybody a Black Friday. Not one of my favorite days. A tribute to consumerism. Or as my boy Tyler Durden might say: Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need, and the… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
I guess I should start by saying Happy Thanksgiving. I’m not going to count my blessings like I usually do on this entry this year. At least not today. Here is another collection of pictures I took of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 24,… Read More »Lovesick Blues
A few weeks back Jesse and I traveled up north to harvest the town signs of Cerro Gordo and Worth County. This trip included a stop at the Music Man Square in Mason City. Music Man Square is devoted to the history of famous composer. Wilson is most famous for… Read More »Cerro Gordo and Worth County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
A few weeks back I made a solo town harvesting trip to Mills County. Here are some facts about Mills County: + The population of Mills County is 14,484, making it the 54th most populous county in Iowa. Below Harrison County and above Butler County. + The largest town and… Read More »Town Sign Project: Mills County
REFLECTION is starting out not that popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT CARLA STENSLAND Bill Wentworth Tamara Peterson Shannon Bardole-Foley Kim Barker Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Kio Dettman But enough… Read More »WPC – WEEK 323 – REFLECTION
This the second and final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Pocahontas County. Although almost half of these images were taken in Buena Vista County. Marathon Albert City Pocahontas I wonder if this is the same Bob from Bob’s Bench? Don’t get me wrong.… Read More »Pocahontas County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2